“The Trump Administration’s cruel decision to prosecute all those crossing the border outside official ports of entry resulted in a humanitarian crisis, during which thousands of children were separated from their parents and held in detention. Despite a court order to reunify all children by today, hundreds of children remain separated from their families. Rather than attempting to fix its mistake and treat asylum seekers with the respect they deserve, the administration continues to try to use family incarceration as an alternative to deportation.

“Family separation, detention, and deportation fall far short of the Jewish and American values we strive to live by. This moral catastrophe is entirely the result of the Trump Administration’s poor judgment and cruel dismissal of those seeking a better life, and they must fix it – no exceptions.”